Wind-shield for motor-cars.



l.. KELCHER.

WiND SHIELD FOR MOTOR CARS.

nvmcmmn msu JUNE 26,19n.

1 ,292,797. Patented Jan. 28, 1919.

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LEONARD KELCHER, or namiragianaanaw ZEALAND.

WIND-SHIELD FOR MOTOR-CARS.

Specification `of Letters Patent.

i Patented `lrariZB,` 1919.

Application Bled J' une 26, 1917. Serial No.. 17,946.

To all whom i! muy #onf-ern: i

Be it known that I. LnoNAan KELCHER, a.

Y subject of the King,r ot' Great Britain, residing at I-lakataianimi, in the Province of Canterbury. Dominion of New Zealand, have invented new and usi-ful AImprovements in AVVind-Shields for MotoiIai-s, of which the following is a sperification.`

This ii'wention relates to wind-shields or screens for protecting the passengers accominodated upon the rear seat of a motorcar or the like, its object being to provide a simple and inexpensive construction which will serve the purpose in :in el'iicieut and convenient manner.

It has been found in practice that the ordinary front wind-screen mounted upon the dash of the ear effectively protects the passengers upon the rear seat from the direct rush of air occasioned by the travel of the car or a head'wind. In doing this however, the said wind-screen, and to a certain extent the body of the car tends to produce a suction orpartial vacuum in rear of such wind-screen which reacts `in causing the air currents which strike the rear passengers from either side of the car.

It is the object of the present invention, therefore, to provide a means for defleeting these cross currents of air, and thus effectively protect the rear passengers without introducingr the objection of an vincreased wind resistance and the resulting increase in the expenditure of fuel occasioned byfthe rear wind-shields hitherto employed, while.

a further advantage ot the present invention lies in its simplicity and cheapncss of cost..

In order that the nature of the invention may be fully understood,` reference will now be made to the accompanying sheetof draW- ings. in which A Figure 1 is a plan view of the rear portion of a car. showingr in full lines the in vention in the operative position, and indie-ating:A also in dotted lines the same device as ity would appeal' when hinged back to give access to the doors and when dismounted and packed away in the car.

Fig. 2"- is a sidey elevation'illustratingfby way of example, a practical method of mounting the device,

Fig. 3- is a detail view showing a means for mounting'the device at its forward vend, and.

Fig. 4 is a`detail view of the bracket or socket .9.

lug employed for securing the rear end of the device to the side of the car.

In carrying the invention intf'o'eli'ect, the

construction comprises a pair "ofside windshields or wings, each comprising two lframes., 1` and2 glazed with glass, Celluloid 0r other transparent niatcrial, and which .frames are hingeablyi iconi'iected together back of the" front seat 5 of the car at two points positioned a suitable 'distance apart, and such portions 1 extend at'an angle outwardly and rearwardly to meet thesides 6 of the car, While the members 2 continue rearwardly in line with such sides, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1.

The said windshield-sare so arranged that when not retiired for use7 thev may be dismounted an placed', in' asuitable box or receptacle.y As here 'shown'fa box 7 is providedand soured'rto the back ofthe front seat 5, in which case, Suchbox may,if.de sited, to provide withy the means `for mounting the forward ends of the -win'dshields in- `Hstead of mounting such directly upon the seat 5.

To permit'of the said wi'ndishields bef4 ing conveniently folded so as to occupy a minimum of space inthe box, therear members 2 are made o'f approximately half the width ofthe forii'ardimembers' 1, which arrangement permits ,of the wings when folded, being so plaed in tlieboitv that the two members 2 will lbe'inlliiie/iirithr one another,

and will therefore,ocoipjttogether'the same .'spaeeas eat-,ifi of theportionsl, as'indicated in dotted lines, Fig. 1.

As` herey shownptli'e meansprovided for attaching each oftfliesa'id wings at its fortirnilvjlnplaee, an, proven-tin it from being acidentafly 'withdri'wvir,l t e' said shank 8 is provided,mithitiitifor projection 10` which extends, ,o'utwar y'f therefrom, and is received within a' slot,` formed` in the The Said1 slotl extends clownare attached at their forward edges toV the?,`

wardly in a vertical direction from the top of the socket and is formed at its lower end with a horizontal extension 11. By this construction, the Shank, having been inserted in the socket, the action of turning the menrber 1 of the wing outward into the required position to meet the. side of the car, as shown in Fig. 1, will enlise. the pin 1() to enter the portion 11 of the slot, and so leek the .shank after the manner of a bayonet-joint.

For the purpose, of securing the rear end of the wing in place, a brat-liet or lug 12 ma)v be provided upon the upper edge ot' the side of the ear, the upwardly projecting pol'- tion of surh lug being formed with a vertical slotl 13, adapted to receive a pin or shank Il. projecting from the rear edge of the member 2 of the wing, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. For the purpose of permitting it to be so inserted in a convenient manner, the said shank 14 is hingeably attached or piroted as by means of a pin Vl5 to the frame of the member 2 so as to permit of Snell Shank turning in an upward or downward diret: tion. while to prevent looseness and rattling in the joint, a eollar 11' is, slidably arranged upon the. shank and caused to bear against the rear face of the. lug 12 b v the action of a spring 17.

To enable the flap at the point of junction of the members 1 and 2, to be. secured to the side. of the, car, an ordinary doonholt 18 may be provided upon one or other ois lich members, and a suitable holel provided at the required position in the side. of the ear to receive. it as indicated in Fig.

The above-described methods ot' lixing are, however, to be. understood as by way 0i example only. and the invention is not therefore to be limited to such. but to a pair ot -ide wind-shields of the nature described and suitably mounted in the specified pontion and relation to one another and the ear.

I. claim:

In Combination, a two seated vehicle body, a receptacle for storing whirl-shields se eured to the rear of the front seat of the. body, sockets formed with lm vonetslots lixed to said receptacle3 a pair ot' wind-shieldseach eoml'irising a large screen and a relatively small Screen hinged tothe large screen, a rod fixed to each of the large screens and rotatably mounted in said sockets. pins formed on said rods and slidable in said slots, meam` for ,securing the hinged edges ol the smaller screens to the sidea of the bodlv, and anlirattling means.l for maturing the free. ende` of the. small aereens to the Sides of the. body.

Signed at Christehureh` Z.. this 22nd day of February, 1917, in the presence ot' two witnesses.

LEONARD KELCHER.

lilitnesses z PERM' RlclnioND CLJMIE, Crum CARLYN COATES. 

